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ROGER THURSTON SAWYERS
Captain · U.S. Army
August 17, 1939 – October 2, 1967
Service recordRoger Thurston Sawyers, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 41
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 185 AVN CO 223 AVN BN 17 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, New Mexico (Eddy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 41
- PATRICK LOUIS OTTCaptain · October 2, 1967
- SAMUEL C PHILLIPS IIISergeant · October 2, 1967
- RICHARD PETER RUIZSergeant · October 2, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
From Carlsbad
- MAX COLEMAN SIMPSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- CLARK DAVID FRANKLINPetty Officer Third Class · April 24, 1966
- LLOYD BURNEY MAGBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD HARRISONPetty Officer Third Class · May 20, 1968
- JOHNNY DWAIN CABECorporal · June 3, 1968
- MIGUEL F MONTANEZSpecialist Five · November 26, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FOSTER IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- RICARDO GONZALEZ DAVISSergeant First Class · March 20, 1969
- JACK LLOYD SILLIMANLance Corporal · June 3, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.